Vickers Valiant B1, WP209, 138 Sqn RAF, 1 ATU RAAF, Woomera SA 1956.

Started by Allan J Withers · 120 · 5 years ago · 1/72, Airfix, atomic, Australia, RAF, Vickers
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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Thanks Ian, waiving back at ya ! ----------

    Thanks Chuck, I sold my Victor quite a while ago and just recently replaced it with the Airfix kit, will be interested to see yours come together !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Needs VG's on both sides of the tail-plane, so copy these and insert on the other side !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Clear bits masked and some black paint on !

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    Chuck A. Villanueva said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    The Valiant has a bit more traditional appearance when completed, but and beautiful also. The Victor looks like a grey whale (or any baleen type whale for that matter) with wings. Unusual yet elegant when in flight. Ungainly like most big bodied planes while on the ground.

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    The molds done, now to cast some resin !

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    Paul Barber said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Very impressive, Allan. It is that attention to the small details again that stands your builds out! This is a new technique to me - brilliant!

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Thanks Paul, doing a similar thing with my F18 !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Blue tack around the molds and the resin bit done !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Resin bits thinned and trimmed !

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    Paul Barber said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Your work on these RAF builds is a lesson Allan. The great majority of modellers would never dream of setting their sights on this type of improvement! Brilliant stuff!

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    Thank you Paul.

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 2 months ago:

    This would have been easier done before the tail-plane halves were joined, now adjusting the depth to get the resin bits level !

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 1 month ago:

    Resin bits in with SG !

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    Paul Barber said 6 years, 1 month ago:

    Attention to detail. A trademark, Allan!

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    Allan J Withers said 6 years, 1 month ago:

    Thanks Paul.